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The Volunteer (PH), Water Lane, Abinger Hammer, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6PR

23/CON/00010Neighbouring AuthorityApproved

Approved on 13 November 2023

Council decision: Take no further actionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application No. MO/2023/0522/PLA Description Demolition of an existing single storey extension and the erection of a new single storey rear and side extension, conversion of existing building to provide four self-catered holiday lets and managers flat with associated external alterations, erection of two self-contained garden pods for use as holiday lets and associated landscape works.

Received
24 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Neighbouring Authority
  1. Received24 Apr
  2. Validated24 Apr
  3. Consult.11 Nov
  4. Target15 May
  5. Decided13 Nov

Decided in 203 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at The Volunteer (PH), Water Lane, Abinger Hammer, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6PR. Guildford has handled 7,095 applications of this type. This one was decided in 203 days, 20 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,886 applications in total for the RH5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
RH5 6PR
Application type
Neighbouring Authority
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Neighbouring Authority

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 April 2023
Consultation expiry
11 November 2023
Consultation start
20 October 2023
Consultation end
11 November 2023
Neighbour consultation end
11 November 2023
Last date for comments
15 May 2023
Target decision date
15 May 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
11 November 2023
Site notice end
11 November 2023

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Mole Valley
  • National Landscape (AONB): Surrey Hills
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Guildford

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